A moment of crisis is also the moment in which new movements come into focus and new ideas are formed. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAA major reason to be cheerful in politics in 2018, and for years to come, is young people. Our deeply unequal world, including inequality between generations, is turbocharging this movement, which is not scared to demand big change. Jay Rayner is Observer restaurant criticSpace: Maggie Aderin-PocockGRAVITATIONAL WAVES WILL CHANGE ASTRONOMYFacebook Twitter Pinterest Advances in the understanding of space can be traced back to Einstein and other pioneers. Photograph: ZUMA Wire/RexPoliticians could make 2018 the year that women matter, not by talking about equality but by creating it.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 06:00 UTC